Brownie19

Why doesn't anyone mention Rendon (the 3rd best positional player in baseball since 2017)???

Right calf strain for Trout Side tightness for T.Walker

Yeah I saw that too - he's been a stud so far.

Rendon was the 5th best positional player in baseball last year. The guy is a f***ing stud offensively and defensively with a long track record. Unless you're assuming he's going to be injury prone - I'm not sure why you're predicting his demise as a superstar player.

Oh f***. Kevin Pillar just got hit in the face. Nose is f***ed. Gushing blood. Not good.

Maybe Green Bay knows exactly what they are doing.

Grichuk has a wRC+ of 87 since April 24th. Predictably, he's gone cold and ideally would be back in his 4th OFer role by now - primarily starting either at DH or in the OF v. LHP. Ideally Rowdy would be back raking as we could use his production.

Paul lives up by me Spanky. Right around the corner from the Lisle ball diamond. I think I played a game or two against his son. A good friend of mine just got hired to be the pitching coach for the Baycats ICB team. The guy was a machine on the mound. I once watched him pitch 3 straight games on Sunday to lead his team to an OBA Championship....after pitching the opener on Friday night.

I grew up on a farm and we only got like 8 channels until my Dad bought us one of those huge satellite dishes and suddenly I was able to get WGN. My first memories was watching afternoon Cubs games on WGN. Cubs games started at 2:20 and by the time I got home from school the game would be the 6th or 7th inning and I'd watch the end of it. Ryne Sandberg, Shawn Dunston, Mark Grace, Greg Maddux, Andre Dawson - those were the days. I'd watch the end of it and then go outside to throw balls against the back of the garage - emulating the pitchers I saw that day. I quickly fell in love with the stats - I loved reading box scores from the paper. My Dad also played slo pitch, so I'd watched him play - although, as a farmer, he worked so often that he never had time to teach me the game - we barely had time to play catch. 1992/93 was perfect timing for me. I was 11-12 years old and it was f***ing glorious to go see the new Skydome in person and watch the Jays win B2B. It solidified my passion and love for the game. I went to play baseball at about age 7 or 8, even though all my friends were playing soccer. I didn't care. I joined the NDBL as a 14 year old, playing junior baseball and then joined the senior team when I was 19. I finally called it quits at the end of the 2019 season after 20 years playing senior baseball. It was an amazing ride. We won the league title 5 or 6 times and finally won what proved to be a very illusive OBA Championship (AA level) in 2015. We hosted an annual tournament on the August long weekend, went to Ottawa every year for a tournament and had several other exhibition weekends v. Welland, Niagara Falls, etc. Anything for a weekend away with the boys. We got into all kinds of shenanigans and created several lifelong friendships. My focus now is coaching my 3 sons. My oldest plays AAA in Barrie and I absolutely love coaching kids.

Maybe we shouldn't have drafted a pitcher with a screw in his elbow. This blows.

f*** me. Brutal.

Five Guys....yes guy.

aw f*** - that blows.

Thanks, I'm embarrassed to say I didn't even know this was a thing. I have the game on now

Packers should pick up DaeSean Hamilton

Lions got two 1st round picks and a 3rd for Stafford, who also makes a s*** ton, is getting old and isn't a perennial MVP candidate. Yes, they had to take Goff back, but still.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the MLB Players Association has filed a grievance "stating that MLB did not act in good faith last year to play as many games as possible." According to Sherman's sources, the MLBPA is seeking an estimated $500 million in damages. Major League Baseball, meanwhile, has filed a counter-grievance but would not comment to Sherman on the specifics. This all ties into the looming collective bargaining agreement negotiations this winter, which are sure to be highly contentious. Sherman writes that "MLB would almost certainly factor in the potential of losing half a billion dollars in a grievance into any financial offer" when it comes to the new CBA. Buckle up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f*** BOTH SIDES. These ****s better not ruin the league right when the Jays are positioned to be a dominant franchise with sustainable success.

Yeah - I think the Jays have had enough days off lately. That's probably why they're keeping him in there. He also played every game last year if I recall correctly.

This board has a long track record of demoralizing and destroying naïve fans like that. That's what I've always loved about this board. Those with open minds have a chance to learn a s*** TON about baseball, just by reading this board on a daily basis. We want them to stay. Those without typically get frustrated when nobody supports their ignorant views and they typically leave. I think we're up for the challenge. If we're not, we'll roast TL for f***ing things up and then make him undo whatever the hell he did on Google so we can discuss baseball in peace.

We got Teo for a rental of Liriano. We need to reminder ourselves that more often. K% trending in the right direction too.

Do we have any sense of how accurate umpires are in the minors? Are they significantly shittier than ML umpires? or just as s***** as ML umpires?

I can't say I disagree, but I'm still not sure that justifies the risk of signing Walker for 3 years.

Teo is such a fun and easy player to root for. One of my favourites.

You may want to look past the 28 PA's he's had v. LHP this year...

You mean if everyone met or exceeded expectations at the exact same time and nobody got hurt we'd be a good team? That's an incredible take sir.